VanEck has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw its registration for the proposed VanEck Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, ending plans to launch a fund that would have given investors exposure to Ethereum’s liquid-staking market through a traditional exchange-traded product. In a Form RW filing dated October
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has announced plans to tighten cybersecurity requirements across the country’s financial sector after an industry-wide review uncovered more problems than anyone wanted to find. A regulatory review of 555 financial companies revealed cybersecurity deficiencies in 130 of them, nearly one in four. In addition, approximately
BingX EU has secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The license allows the company to prepare for a wider rollout of regulated cryptocurrency services across the European Economic Area (EEA). Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) granted the license to MEGE zweite GmbH, the legal entity
Ripple has signed a strategic partnership with South Korean securities firm Meritz Securities to explore institutional digital asset custody and tokenization infrastructure for the country’s capital markets. The agreement, announced on October 14, 2026, marks Ripple’s first partnership with a South Korean securities firm as it expands its work with
Kraken is preparing to launch in the United Arab Emirates after its parent company, Payward, received Full Market Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). VARA’s public register shows that Payward’s licence was issued on October 6, 2026, authorizing it to serve institutional, qualified and retail investors. Payward publicly
OKXICE LLC, a joint venture between crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, filed with the SEC under the agency’s new Innovation Exemption to launch a Tokenised Securities Venue in the United States. The filing makes OKXICE one of the first firms
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first-ever 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs for listing and trading in the United States, a decision that marks one of the most significant shifts in crypto regulatory history since the spot Bitcoin ETF approval in January 2024. The approval
MetaMask is responding to a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure, and while the wallet provider has been clear that no immediate threat to user wallets has been identified, the precautionary steps it’s taking are significant enough to pay attention to. As a direct response to the incident, MetaMask
Kakao Pay Securities has signed MOUs with both Ondo Finance and Dinari Global to explore the tokenisation and international distribution of South Korean-listed stocks. The partnership marks one of the most concrete moves yet to open Korean public markets to global investors through blockchain infrastructure, rather than the traditional and
Bitget has begun the phased resumption of withdrawals following the security incident identified on September 24. The first of its kind in the eight years of operation of the exchange. BTC withdrawals on the Bitcoin and BSC networks went live at 08:00 UTC on September 28, with 9,585 orders. 4,098.036
